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HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... development programmes. HKEX is one of the world's major exchange groups with a strong focus and commitment to sustainability. Last week,, HKEX announced its plan to launch its new HKEX Sustainable and Green Exchange (STAGE), a first of its kind data ...

Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... peer group." State Street Global Advisors' R-Factor integrates multiple data sources and is built utilising the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) materiality framework. The fund manager uses SASB's Materiality Map to generate a unique ...

Australian companies below global peers on reporting, targets: Refinitiv

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... report finds that Australia's largest companies are "well below" their global peers in reporting on environmental sustainability. Australia's average environmental pillar score is 45.36, well below the global average of 59.6 and behind regional peers ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... of NSW and has completed a number of post-graduate industry courses on climate change risk, impact investing and sustainability including from the CFA Institute and the United Nations University. Pradhananga joins the firm from Allan Gray Australia ...

Digital human rights rise up the agenda post-COVID-19: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... human rights take on new considerations in the post-COVID-19 era, according to Robeco. Masja Zandbergen, head of sustainability integration at Robeco Robeco recently released a paper, Protecting digital human rights in the post-COVID-19 era, noting that ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... resolutions all the time, but rather to improve disclosure particularly by superannuation funds that have made sustainability or responsible investment policy commitments, Gocher said. "If every fund was supporting 100% of proposals, that would be weird," ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoints Emma Pringle as head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... investment officer Garth Rossler. Pringle joins Maple-Brown Abbott from BT where she was head of customer governance and sustainability, with responsibility for the organisation's product governance and sustainability functions across super, investments ...

GRI to update three Universal Standards, seeks public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... reporting standards for public disclosure on economic, environmental and social impacts and are used as a basis for sustainability reporting. There are three universal standards that are the basis for GRI-based disclosure, with topic-specific standards ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... and Performance Report 2020, "the vast majority of impact investment products are dominated by green, social and sustainability bonds ($17 billion), while the remaining $2.9 billion in impact investments held by Australian investors comprise real assets ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... 2020. Fund return after fees for FAIR is 4.83% for the month of May, against the benchmark Nasdaq Future Australian Sustainability Leaders Index performance of 4.87%. For the past three months, the fund has returned - -5.07%, versus -4.91%, for the benchmark ...